Don't Fuck With Our Dreams

Don't Fuck With Our Dreams Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Living in living rooms and it's true
That I haven't gone to bed since the last time that I saw you
'Cause going to couch or going to floor
Well, it doesn't quite provide the eight hours
That my body is screaming for
'Cause we've been drivin' 'round singin' songs about
Drivin' 'round singin' songs
And I don't wanna have fun with anyone but you
So take the Great Ocean Road at midnight
I'll get in at three and meet me in between
Where I am and where I wanna be

[Pre-Chorus]
'Cause every night's a Saturday night and
Every day's a Monday morning
Everything ever happened the past month and
We didn't get a single warning
And everything that we believe about each other
Has been proven right, it seemsAnd all we've got left is what the King said

[Chorus]
"Don't fuck with our dreams
Don't fuck with our dreams"

[Verse 2]
I set to wandering like I always say I do
Walked the flat city streets looking for a sign of a past you
And knee-deep in alcohol and borrowed souls
I skipped another sonnet
To open ourselves up to the hope and road
And as the dry wheat fields fly by ready to burn
In the overtaking lane, I take a second to learn
From the mangled advice I was given last night
By the sweaty guys with the glassy eyes

[Pre-Chorus]
And every night's a Saturday night and
Every day's a Monday morning
Everything ever happened the past month and
We didn't get a single warning
And everything that we believe about each other
Has been proven right, it seemsAnd all we've got left is what the King said

[Verse 3]
I wanna leave something permanent on this stretch of road
Something that won't fly away
Like the dust and the exhaust smoke we breathe in
To strengthen the low
Like when you said
"If I'm gonna die, at least I died helping someone"
That's what you were thinking while you held together your arm
I can't take another late night phone call
From some other far-from-home hospital
I came so close to giving up
Why has my way of coping become a reason to spill blood?
But now isn't the time for backing down
Got our feet so firm on the ground

[Verse 4]
So call me what you will, I don't care
I know what happened, I was there
We know what happened, we were there
Yeah, call me what you will, I don't care
I know what happened, I was there
We know what happened, we were there
I know what happened, I was there
We know what happened, we were there
I know what happened, I was there
We know what happened, we were there

[Pre-Chorus]
And every night's a Saturday night and
Every day's a Monday morning
Everything ever happened the past month and
We didn't get a single warning
Everything that we believe about each other
Has been proven right, it seemsAnd all we've got left is what the King said

About “Don't Fuck With Our Dreams”

(Unreviewed)

Taken from an interview in 2013

“The song “Don’t Fuck With Our Dreams” is about an incident at a show we were playing in a storage shed where a punter attacked and seriously injured Jules from The Bennies. It was horrible and scary and something that none of us had ever imagined would happen at a show, let alone one of ours. We are quite vocally anti-violence. But when Jules was on the ground he yelled at the guy who hurt him “don’t fuck with our dreams” and that quickly became a bit of a mantra for the rest of the tour. As fucked as the incident was, it’s kind of the aftermath that’s the story of the EP. I was so disillusioned and for a while there I actually wanted to quit. We were calling and canceling shows and then calling back an hour later saying we’d do them and stuff. It was really overwhelming. But the amount of support and love that we, especially Jules (who has since been dubbed King Jules), got really affirmed what we are doing and kind of proved that we could get through anything. We ended up galvanized and great friends and we said we’d never let anyone or anything fuck with our dreams again!”